Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PURITANIZE
Etymology
Verb
puritanize (third-person singular simple present puritanizes, present participle puritanizing, simple past and past participle puritanized)
(intransitive) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ri*tan*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puritanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Puritanizing.]
Definition: To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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